2018年初中英语外研（新标准）版八年级下册期末模拟复习卷（4）

    I have five children．I'm always busy when they're awake(醒着)．That's why I try to get up before everyone else．I get up at 5：00 am．The house is quiet．I drink a cup of coffee and read books．I love that time because it's mine and I can think without interruptions(打扰)．

    —Anna

    I'm a night person．I love the night．I feel sleepy all day and then at night I wake up(醒来)!I like to dance，watch movies or talk to friends at night.I never go to sleep before 2：00a.m.

    —James

    I'm a morning person．As soon as a little light comes through the window,I wake up and start my day．I try to do important work in the morning because I know that I think best at that time．After 1：00pm，I begin to slowdown!

    —Sandra

    I love tea time．I like to have tea in late afternoon．It's a time to stop the day's activities (活动)for an hour and talk with friends．Sometimes,people visit my home-then．Sometimes，I go to a friend's house for tea．

    —Bob

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    "Can I take your order(点餐)?"Night after night，I had to say this as l worked in my family's restaurant．My father was a fantastic cook．He wanted me to cook with him．but I didn't like cooking．Because of the restaurant，my father was always busy．He never had time to play football with me．

    During my high school and college years，I worked with my family at night．But I always avoided the kitchen．I couldn't wait to graduate (毕业)so I could move away from the family business(生意)．Several days before my graduation day,my father and I started looking at new cars．Finally,we found the right car．I was sure that my father would give it to me as my graduation gift．

    On my graduation day,my father gave me a book as a gift．It was his old cookbook．I was so angry that I gave it back to him and ran out of the house．I soon moved away and started my business．Although I often saw my father during holidays，we never talked about the graduation gift．Then one day,I got a call that my father was ill．I went to see him because I was very worried．

    That night, I looked through my father's books and saw the cookbook that he had given me years before．I carefully opened the cookbook and went through it．Then I found something that made me cry．It was a check(支票)for $30,000 dated(注有日期)the day of my graduation．And the price of the car my father and I chose all those years ago was $30,000．．．

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    When John came home last Tuesday,his mum said．"John, I have made an appointment(预约)for you with the dentist(牙医)tomorrow at 4 o'clock"

    "Mum, I have asked you many times not to make any appointments for me!I have football training tomorrow．I can't go to the dentist"said John．

    "You lay awake(醒着的)all night with toothache and…"said Mum．

    "But I'm fine now,"said John．

    "OK．I'll cancel(取消)the appointment but don't complain if you get toothache again，"said Mum．

    John went to his room with a bowl of ice cream and his mum went shopping．

    But soon he felt a pain in his mouth．"Oh,no，the toothache is back，"John thought．

    That night the pain got worse．John went into the living room in the hope of finding some painkillers(止痛药)．

    "Can't you sleep?"Suddenly there came a voice behind John：It was his mum．Then she saw two painkillers in his hand．

    "I see that the toothache has come back．"she said．

    "Yes，it has．Maybe that appointment was not a bad idea．"said John．He took the painkillers with some water．

    "But I have can celled it．You have to make a new appointment next morning，"said Mum．

     The next morning John called the dentist．

    "Good morning．Doctor Martin．How can I help?"

    "Good morning．My name is John Tamkin．I need an appointment，please．"

    "Right．John．Let's see…I can give you an appointment next week on Monday at 10 o'clock．"

    "I'm having a bad toothache．Could I come sooner?"

    "Sorry,John Next Monday is the first available(可获得的)appointment．"

    "OK．I will come next Monday,"John said and put the phone down．

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    Harry saw all ad(广告)in a window．It said，"Wanted．The Best Salesman(推销员)in the World．Top Pay．"

    "I'm a great salesman，"Harry told h．"I can sell anything．I'll ask for that job．"

    He went into the shop and spoke to the manager．

    "I'm the best salesman in the world．"he said．"Give me the job．"

    "You mprove(证明)you're the best，"the manager said．

    "No problem．I'll pass every test(测试)you give me，"Harry told him．

    "Good，" the manager said．Then he t a box of candy out of his desk．"Last week，I ba hundred boxes of this candy．If you can sell them all before the end of this week，you can have me job．"

    "That's e，"Harry said．"You just wait and see．"

    He I the office and took all the boxes of candy home．

    Every day and all day，he went from shop to shop，trying to sell the candy．

    H，he could sell no boxes at all.The candy was so bad that he couldn't e give it away．

    At the end of the week he went back to the manager.

    "I'm sorry，sir,"he said．"I was wabout myself. I'm not the best salesman in the world,but I know who is．"

    "Oh，"the manager said．"Who?"

    "The pwho sold you a hundred boxes of this candy，"Harry said．

—You can go to Japan，     you can go to America．

—It sounds    !That's impossible．